Table 32 Density and the Specific Heat of Some Metals MetalA

Table 3.2: Density and the Specific Heat of Some Metals MetalAtomic Mass Density Specific Heat (J/gC) 1.020 0.904 0.520 0.388 0.222 Magnesium (Mg) Aluminum (Al) Titanium (Ti) Zinc (Zn) Tin (Sn) Iron (Fe) Nickel (Ni) Copper (Cu) amu) 24.31 26.98 47.87 65.39 118.7 55.84 58.69 63.55 107.9 207.2 106.4 197.0 g/mL 1.738 2.698 4.540 7.134 7.287 7.874 8.912 8.960 10.50 11.34 12.02 0.449 t w 0.445 0.384 0.235 0.127 0.240 Silver (Ag) Lead (Pb) Palladium (Pd) 0.133 Gold (Au)

Solution

Mass is an independent variable and density is dependent on atomic mass and specific heat is also dependent on density of the substance, both specific heat and density are dependent variables on the whole.